reloader

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English load

English reload

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English reloader

From reload + -er.

Noun

reloader (plural reloaders)

1. One who reloads.
   • a. 1947, James Willard Schultz, "The Peril of Lone Man", Why Gone Those Times?: Blackfoot Tales (1974)

     He is a fine shot on horseback and a very quick reloader.

2. (firearms) A shooter who makes their own ammunition from separately purchased components.
3. (firearms) The equipment used by such a shooter, particularly a levered press used to force the components together.
4. (firearms, uncommon) a speed loader.